According to the American Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy (AISI), for the week ended August 8, 2026, domestic steel production in the United States amounted to 1,820 million tons, and the capacity utilization rate was 78.8%.
Production volume for the week ending August 8, 2026 decreased by 2.7 percent compared to the previous week ending August 1, 2026, when production was 1.870 million tons net and the capacity utilization rate was 81.0 percent.
Production totaled 1.764 million net tons for the week ended August 8, 2025, with capacity utilization of 78.2 percent. The volume of production this week increased by 3.2% compared to the same period last year.
Adjusted annual production volume as of August 8, 2026 was 57.330 million tons net with a capacity utilization rate of 78.9%. This is a 5.7% increase compared to 52.248 million tons of net for the same period last year, when the capacity utilization rate was 77.0 percent.
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